Support-fastening device



- Aug. 4, 1925.

E. @..Busss y SUPPORT FASTENING nvlcs i Filed om'.y 19'. 1.92.3 2 shuts-fsu. 1

- Patented Aug. 4, 11.925.

EDWIN Gr.' BUS'SE, OF' CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,Y

TPArENrol-F ICE.

ASSIGNOR TOV CHICAGO RAILWAY EQUIP- YMENT COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

SUPPO'RT-FASTEN IN G DEVICE.

Application filed October 19,1923. Serial No. 669,610.

To all 'whom t mayconcern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN G. Bossu, aV citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Support- Fastening Devices/of which the following is a specification, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertainsy to make and use `the same.`

This inventionk relates to new and useful improvements in fastening devices for brake gear safety bars or supports.

' The objectl of .the invention is( to provide ,v

a simple and'ellicient device` for attaching a safety bar or supportto a part of the truck, which vdevice canbe easily placed in position and does notrequire the safety bar to bek apertured orotherwise mutilated.

Further'objects of' the invention are tol provide' arsafetybar or support adaptedto be associated with a part of a 'truck and form an interlockingengagement therewith, thereby dispensing with the use of clamps orother means attachableto the truck and designed to receiveand support the safety bar.

to form the safety bar or support sov that it can be` readily positioned on the ,truck portion in proper relation therewith andwhich support is through its vengagement with said jtruok portion held against longitudinal displacement andto provide Asimple means for'holding said safety bar in engagement with said truck portion. y With these and other objects in View, my invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and arrangement of partsv hereinafter more fully described 4and. claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- -A Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a. safety bar with the truck portion 'to which' it is attached shownin cross section.

Figure 2'is1a cross 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figures 5 and 6 shovwvanother modified' form of fastening device. n

Figure 7 is a sidejelevational viewrof the safety lbar attached to the upper face of line l0-10 of Figure 9.

Still further objects of theinvention are i' section taken on line i,

form vshowing the thetruck portion and provided with a formation which is designed to engage a cooperating formation formed in the truck portion and` projecting upwardly therefrom.

Figure 8 visa vertical cross section taken Online 8-8 of Figure 7. y

Figure 9 shows another modified form wherein thefsafety bar is provided with-a formation adapted to'be seated in a recessedv portion formed in the truck portion;

`Figure 10 is a vertical section-taken onV .Figure 11 .is a view similar to'l Figure 7 and showing modifiedv means for'ho-lding the safety bar to the truck portion.-

FigureV 12 is a .vertical section taken on' line 12 12l of Figure 11. Y Y

Figure 13 is a fragmental planview of av spring plank and a safety bar and showingV modified means for attaching the safety. bar to the spring plank.

Figure 14 is a vertical crosssection taken on linef14-14 of Figure 13. Y

Figure 15 is another lmodiiied'form ofthe safety bar and' the attaching bracket therefor.

bar inA itsproper position on the truck was accomplished by means of a clamp or otherV suitable support which, was secured to the f rangement whereby the safety baris supported directly by the spring plank or other ypart ofa car-truck and is ininterlocking engagement therewith, thereby holding saidv bar against longitudinal movement. .This interlocking engagement between *they truckv portion andthe safety bar or supportfis ac- 1 complished-by means of a projection or an abrupt bend formed either inthe safetybar or in the truck portion or both and designed to cooperatively engage the other member.

Y The safety bar is held to the truck portion in any suitable manner, such as straps, UV-shaped Abolts or other-means and vthese at` taching vmeans may-be either permanently fixed to thetruck portion yor may be detachable therefrom.

Heretofore thelmounting of thel safety.V

YReferring by numerals tothe accompany Y ing drawings, and particularly to the forms y shown in Figures 1 and 2, v10 indicates a safetybar or support having inclinedfree endsv 11 which are designed to .cooperate with a part of the brake beam and having a central portion 12 which is depressed, thereby forming shoulders 14. These shoulders, when the central portion 12 is placed against the undersideof a spring plank 15,1engage the flanged sides 16 thereof vand Yhold said safety bar against longitudinal movement. The safety bar is held to the truck portion by means of a. bracket 17 which holds said bar against lateral movement. Bracket 17 is held in position on truck portion 15 by suitable fastening devices which, in the present instance, consist of bolts and nuts 18.

In the Aform shown in Figures 8 and 4 the safety bar 19 is provided with a central depressed portion 2O which rests on the upper face of truck portion 15. Shoulders 21 extending upwardlly from the straight depressed portion engage the inner side of upwardlypresented flanges 16 of trucll portion 15 and hold safety bar 19 against longitudinal movement. A. strap 22 extends transversely of safety bar 19 and holds the latter in position on truck portion 15. Suitable fastening Vdevices: -such as rivets 24 secure theends of strap 22 to truck portion 15.

In the .form illustrated AinFigures 5 and 6 the arrangement of safety bar 19 and truck portion 15 is similar to the one shown 1n Figures 3 and 4 but instead of using anarrow strap such as shown vin the aforesaid figures a comparatively wide strap 25 is used to hold .the safety bar to its lseat on the Atruck portion l15 and said strap is vheld in position on truck portion 15 by rivets 26 arranged in pairs fon'each side of bar 19.

In'the forms shown in Figures 7 and 8 the central portion of safety bar25 is bent upwardlyas indicated at 26 to form fa seat 27 foranupwardly presented'bend-or bulge portion 28 pressed out or Aotherwise vformed in the truck portion 29. Comparatively narrow straps 80 are arranged in each lside of bend or curve'26 and straddlemember 25. Thesestraps are secured to truck portion 29 by suitable fastening devices 31.

In 4Figures 9 and 10 a truck portion 32 is provided ,with an upwardly curved formation 34 and -seated in-a recess 35 thus formed in the underside of member -82 is a curved portion 36 formed in safety bar 37. This safety bar vis secured to 'truck portion V52 by a member 38 which is held in 4position by fastening devices 39. The seating of the bent portion 36 of bar 87 in the recess formed in the underside of member '32 forms an interlocking engagement between the truck portion andthe safety bar whereby the latter is held against longitudinal movement while plate 38 prevents later-al displacement ofthe safety bar.

In Figures 11 and 12 the upwardly curved portion 40 of bar 41 forms a seat -ment for the upwardly bulged portion 42 of truck portion 44 .-so that safety baror support 41is locked -against longitudinal move- Bar 41 is attached to truck portion 44 by -means of U-shaped bolts 45 lwhich straddle said bar and have their ends secured to truck portion 44 by nuts 46.

In Figures l18 and 14 bar 47 is held to truck portion 48 by bolts 49 which are secured Itotruckpoition 48 and are provided with washers or annular portions 50 which when said bolts are'tightened inl position engage the edges of bar 47 .and secure the'latter in position ontruck portion :48.

AIn Figure 15 is shown a 'support or'bar 51 having a bend or jog L52. This support is received vin Ya channel 54 formed longitudinally on one side of bracket 55. A seat or depression 56 is formed transversely in the channeled side ofthe :bracket and -receives the bend or jog 52 Vof support 51.` i

vents 'the lateral movement ofthe support. -J

The bracket is'attachedto `the truckpart 57 by suitable `fastening devices, `such as rivets When the bracket 55 is secured `to truck part 57 support 51 `is held from displacement from its seat in the bracket by said truck part.

The fastening devices of my Yimproved construction contain ibut few parts and secure the support directly to the truck part, thereby'eliminating separate means 'for attaching the support to the bracket.

Y While I have shown and'describ'ed thepreferred lforms of my support fastening'devices, it'is'obvious that lminor 'changes inthe construction -and arrangements -of parts -of theinvention could be made and substituted for those herein shown and described, without departing Afrom thespirit of Lmty Linvention.

Y I claim:

1. Ina car truck construction, the combination with a part of a truck, of a brake beam support formed with a depressed portion having shoulders whereby said portion is adapted'to Lforminterlocking engagement with the sides ofsaid truck part,a bracket provided with a channel for receiving the horizontal `part of said v'depressed portion and holding vit against said truck ,part and engagingthe sides and top of the horizontal part of ysaid depressed portion, and detachable '.means for removably. securing said bracket on both sides of said support to said truck part.

`2. In a car truck construction2 the combination with a part .of a truck, 'of a safety bar having formed in its length a depressed portion provided with shoulders7 lsaid depressed portion being adapted to be fitted against said truck part, Whereb said shouldered portion forms interlocking engagement With the sides of said truck part, a bracket detachably secured'to said truck part and engaging the sides and top of the horizontal part of said depressed portion' movement, and a transversely channeledy bracket secured to said truck part for receiving said support in interlocking engagement with said truck part. j

4. The combination of a part of a truck provided With flanged portions, a brake beam safety bar provided With shouldered portions adapted to engage said flanged portions and interlock said safety bar and said vtruck part, and a channeled bracket having seated therein said support for maintaining said safety bar and said truck part in their interlo'cked relation.

5v. The combination of a part of a truck, a brake beam safety bar provided With shouldered portionsfor engaging said truck part and holding said bar against longiV` tudinal movement, a channeled bracket for receiving said bar securing it to said truck part against movement in all directions, and fastening devices for said bracket.

6. The combination With a spring plank, of a brake beam safety bar provided With shouldered portions for engaging thesides of said plank and holdingl said bar against longitudinal movement, and a channeled.l

bracket attached to said spring plank and locking said safety'bar against movement in vertical and lateral directions.

In vtestimony whereof I hereunto aix my signature this 13th day of October, 1923.

EDWIN G, BUssE. 

